By HENRY EMPEÑO | February 23, 2022 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Some good things never last. After flying home overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and other returning Filipinos via this free port for almost nine months, the Philippine Air Lines (PAL) landed its last “Bayanihan” repatriation flight here on Tuesday, ending a windfall that sustained the… Read More Subic’s OFW flights end, as PAL returns to NAIA

By JAY-AR EMPEÑO | 27 January 2022 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has placed among the top 12 finalists in the award for “Best in Tourism Practice During the Pandemic” during the 22nd National Convention of the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines (ATOP). SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma… Read More SBMA gets tourism award for best pandemic practices

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Philippine Airlines (PAL) flights to the Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA) under the government’s repatriation program for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will continue here until the yearend even as travel curbs were imposed by some countries to stem the spread of the latest Covid-19 variant Omicron. For the first time on… Read More OFW repatriation flights continue via Subic

By HENRY EMPEÑO | October 18, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — You really can’t take your eyes off that giant lighted pineapple display at the Subic Bay Yacht Club when you pass along Rizal Highway, Subic’s main stretch of malls and restaurants that takes you from the end of Tipo Road from Manila to Kalaklaan… Read More Hawaiian-themed Christmas displays lift Subic spirit

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Miss World Philippines coronation night will be held here on Sunday, October 3, at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center (SBECC) with full safety protocols following full endorsement for the event to proceed from the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF). Subic Bay Metropolitan… Read More Subic Freeport to host Miss Philippines-World finals

By NING DIMAANO | Sept. 22, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — An expanded vaccination program and conscientious adherence to health safety protocols will make it possible for the tourism industry in Subic to recover early despite the continuing Covid-19 pandemic. These are the pre-conditions set by Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Wilma… Read More Eisma: Vaccine drive, strict protocols to revive Subic tourism

By HENRY EMPEÑO | July 7, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – After being diverted to Clark on its first attempt on Monday, the Philippine Airlines (PAL) successfully landed a flight here on Wednesday to bring home the second batch of Filipino migrant workers that it would ferry to Subic from the Middle East this month. … Read More PAL makes 2nd OFW flight to Subic

By HENRY EMPEÑO | July 6, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Strong tailwinds encountered by a Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight over the Subic Bay Freeport prevented the landing here on Monday of the first batch of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) arriving under a government program to bring home workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Subic Bay… Read More Strong wind diverts first Subic OFW flight to Clark

By HENRY EMPEÑO | July 2, 2021 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA) will be accepting rerouted Philippine Airlines (PAL) flights for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) starting Monday, July 5, under a government program to facilitate the return of overseas Filipinos during the Covid-19 pandemic. Six PAL flights are expected to… Read More PAL to land in Subic with returning OFWs